Chatting with a mate at the mo - we are both on leave after an Op Herrick tour. He has just told me that he has bought an Airsoft M14 and Glock because he misses having a weapon after 9 months of an SA-80 as his constant companion.
My question is that: as he is on leave, does this make him a walting cnut? Not that being on leave is an excuse...

Never mind the walting issue, he's a certifiable fruitloop mate. Following his sort of logic, what do you do if you've just retired from 40 years working as a pathologist? set up a pasting table and shop dummy in your back bedroom, then slop a bucket or two of butchers scraps around the place?
He needs to find himself a good pub and a bad woman.